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its stomach, but was unable to complete its work. This view of the matter 

 seems less probable, however, since, from practical knowledge, Mr. Ogilby 

 feels certain that all fishes on the first approach of danger eject the contents 

 of the stomach at once. — (2) Two specimens of Amhassis, from the Parra- 

 matta River, in which the second dorsal fin has, as often as not. two spines. 

 — (3) Two specimens of a rare South Australian snake, Vermiceila Ber- 

 tholdii, presented last week to the Australian Museum by Mr. Z i e t z of the 

 Adelaide Museum, by whom they had been collected. — Mr. Burn ell ex- 

 hibited a monstrous kitten with eight legs. — Mr. Macie ay exhibited two 

 species of Cyprinidae sent to him by Mr. W. R. Campbell of Elvo, Bur- 

 radoo. One species was taken in Bowral Creek, and proved to be of an 

 American genus [Carpiodes] identical with some specimens exhibited by him 

 at the last meeting : three specimens of the other species were taken from 

 the stomach of a cormorant, shot on the Wingecarribee River, and are small 

 specimens of the common Crucian Carp, Carassiits vulgaris. — Mr. Fletcher 

 also showed two living specimens of Peripatvs Letickarti, Sang., from Burra- 

 wang. County of Camden, a new locality for this interesting creature, though 

 not far distant from the other places where all the specimens so far recorded 

 from New South Wales have been found, with the exception of Mr. Olliff's 

 specimen from Cassilis. They were obtained a fortnight ago, under logs, and 

 were the only specimens met with, though careful search was made. One of 

 them has dark tints prevalent, the other has rusty red or brown most con- 

 spicuous ; thus presenting the same considerable variation in colour as was 

 pointed out on a previous occasion. 



IV. Personal -Notizen. 



Oxford. The board of Electors to the Linacre Professorship of Human 

 and Comparative Anatomy at Oxford have, owing to Professor M o sel e y 's 

 continued illness, nominated Mr. W. Hatchett Jackson, M. A., F. L. S. of 

 New College to serve as Deputy-Professor. 



Columbus, Ohio. Dr. David S. Kellicott has been elected to the 

 chair of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology in the Ohio State University. 



Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Geo. H. Parker has been appointed instruc- 

 tor in Zoology at Harvard University. 



Die Adresse von Dr. G. C. J. Vosmaer ist nicht mehr »Zoologische 

 Station, Neapel«, sondern »Zoologisches Laboratorium, Utrecht, Holland«. 



Necrolog. 



Am 3. December 1888 starb im Haag der niederländische Zoolog, 

 Dr. W. J. Vigelius, besonders durch seine anatomischen und embryo- 

 logischen Arbeiten über Bryozoen rühmlichst bekannt. 



Am 5. Januar 1889 starb in Hamburg Professor H . A. Pagenstecher, 

 Director des naturhistorischen Museums, früher Professor der Zoologie in 

 Heidelberg. 



Drnok von liroitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



